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Autotrader Limited

Registered as AUTOTRADER LIMITED. Company number 03909628. 17 payment practices reports on file, the latest for the period ending 30 September 2026, filed 23 October 2026.

35days on average to pay

  • Within 30 days
  • 31 to 60 days
  • Over 60 days

In the reporting period from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, Autotrader Limited reported that it took an average of 35 days to pay its suppliers' invoices. It paid 17% of invoices within 30 days, 83% in 31 to 60 days and 0% after more than 60 days. It said 2% of invoices were not paid within the agreed terms.

That average is faster than 39% of the 6,220 companies whose latest report covers a period ending since May 2025. A year earlier, in the period to 30 September 2025, the average was 36 days, so it is 1 day faster now.

Average days to pay, report by report

30 36 Mar 2021 37 Sep 2021 36 Mar 2022 36 Sep 2022 35 Mar 2023 35 Sep 2023 36 Mar 2024 36 Sep 2024 36 Mar 2025 36 Sep 2025 35 Mar 2026 35 Sep 2026

Bars are labelled with the month the period ended. The dashed line marks 30 days.

Every report filed

PeriodFiledAverage daysWithin 30 days31 to 60Over 60Not within termsSource
Apr to Sep 2026 23 Oct 2026 35 17%83%0%2% Report
Oct 2025 to Mar 2026 27 Apr 2026 35 20%80%0%3% Report
Apr to Sep 2025 29 Oct 2025 36 13%87%0%3% Report
Oct 2024 to Mar 2025 23 Apr 2025 36 17%83%0%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2024 28 Oct 2024 36 14%86%0%2% Report
Oct 2023 to Mar 2024 24 Apr 2024 36 16%84%0%1% Report
Apr to Sep 2023 26 Oct 2023 35 22%78%0%2% Report
Oct 2022 to Mar 2023 28 Apr 2023 35 18%82%0%2% Report
Apr to Sep 2022 26 Oct 2022 36 17%83%0%1% Report
Oct 2021 to Mar 2022 29 Apr 2022 36 17%83%0%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2021 25 Oct 2021 37 16%84%0%4% Report
Oct 2020 to Mar 2021 30 Apr 2021 36 17%83%0%4% Report
Apr to Sep 2020 23 Oct 2020 36 16%83%1%6% Report
Oct 2019 to Mar 2020 28 Apr 2020 33 25%74%1%16% Report
Apr to Sep 2019 29 Oct 2019 35 23%77%1%20% Report
Oct 2018 to Mar 2019 25 Apr 2019 34 28%71%1%25% Report
Apr to Sep 2018 29 Oct 2018 35 23%76%1%38% Report

Source: the company's filings on Check payment practices. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Figures are as filed. We do not change them.